Kevin Bresnahan

Well, that was a pretty terribly advertised sale, because this is the first I heard of it. I like their recordings but their records are overpriced. Maybe on sale...

Exactly why I don't buy new Mode CDs any more - that's a CD-R.

As a noun, it's "seam splits". As a verb, it's "split seams".

Some of the inners I've found stuffed inside used records I've bought... you could hear the record getting scratched when you slid it out. Ads are cool and all that, but all I care about is the record. Is it in good shape? Yes. The wrong inner? I'm not buying that! Ha ha.

Somebody liked my idea for this thread and started a sister thread over on the Hoffman forums. It somehow veered into how they repair *inner* sleeves. Repair inner sleeves? WTF? I have never, ever considered repairing an inner sleeve. It's called trash. Recycle? Sure. Repair? No. I bought a couple of packs of MoFi inner sleeves years ago and I will swap those in for a real bad inner but that's the most I'll do.

I was just playing a Donald Byrd LP ("Byrd In Flight") and it has a "J$4.99" price sticker from Plastic Fantastic with a phone number of (215) 525-ROCK. I'll leave that one on. The problem with having the opening point up is that the edge you'll be looking through to see the spine will have the melted seam of the poly sleeve in the way. I have a tough enough time viewing these worn spines without having a plastic rib in the way.

When I use a sleeve, I always push the record into the sleeve with the opening in first. This prevents the LP from falling out as you pull the sleeve off the shelf later. If you push the LP all the way in, it also allows you to see the spines when you look inside the sleeve... as long as it's not worn off, which seems to happen on a lot of older Jazz records. Ha ha ha... exactly! The Timber Nation shelf I was looking at was custom designed to fit into that space. I may just "bite the bullet" (what an odd term) and order it anyway. I am pretty much out of room if I don't. I suppose I could just stop buying records... not a bad idea.

You like his bow work? Wow. I can't remember hearing anyone else say that.

No luck on the Hutcherson date.

I saw that lean and tried to stuff some of those new Tone Poet LPs in that slot but no go. Too tight. Most of these Tone Poet LPs are gatefold, which is why my rack is getting so stuffed. I might order a new rack from Timber Nation, but they're big bucks. Good catch on the afghan. My mother-in-law made a bunch of them and like you, my wife can't get rid of them either. They are laying all over the house for whenever my wife gets "a chill".

They're actually on sale today at the bandcamp site. You can get the Tubby Hayes 2 CD set at a discount with a coupon tubs20 (today only). https://jazzinbritain1.bandcamp.com/album/free-flight-the-ron-mathewson-tapes-vol-3?fbclid=IwAR1VO7n5Bhk--0XIVcR7UjbdW8VC2h8rn9jA-xopzrXS5O9nfm32T2HKUqo

Dust is not an issue when you have your LPs crammed in as tight as mine are.

Never was a fan of this one. I'm not a fan of bass solos to begin with but Chambers' bass solos on this LP just don't thrill me and when he pulls out that bow... ugh.

I spun that yesterday. Great record.

Me too. But I still haven't gotten that Shorter tribute yet... I'll have to rectify that one of these days.

Check the shipping on bandcamp. I went to buy these Fielder CDs from bandcamp during one of these Artist Friday sales and the shipping was $10/CD. I've heard that they might have fixed that now. I just checked... bandcamp is still charging $9.99 to ship a Dale Fielder $9.99 CD to somewhere in the US via Media Mail. That is just crazy.

I've seen older LPs with repairs that seem to use that bookbinder material and most of them looked yellowed to me. I used to be a library hound and I've seen a lot of older books with yellowed tape around the binding. I wonder if the stuff they sell in Germany is different? I always use Scotch Magic tape. Although it isn't completely transparent and it adds a haze, it never yellows.

Aren't most of them on Amazon? That's where I bought several recently. I see the prices are a little steep but not outrageous (yet). https://www.amazon.com/s?k=dale+fielder FWIW, Fielder has most of his catalog available as downloads on bandcamp.com and today is "Artist Friday", where 100% of the profit goes to the artist.

I was able to find the Timmons LP but not the Patterson one. I see it's been reissued but I'd rather get an original LP or a CD. I don't see any benefit to buying an LP cut with digital files. Just give me the the CD instead in that case.

Now that I hear it, I can see why he was so upset. They didn't even use his recording. And this version... ugh.

I haven't played this in many years,,, time to pull that off the shelf again.

I strongly recommend Ford's Song For My Mother a very intense record.

I once bought a mint LP I wanted that had no cover - just the record in a plain white sleeve. I will admit, I then went out and bought a scratched-up LP of the same title because I decided I really did want a cover.

As I read this, I wondered if a similar story could have been written by one of the Regattabar's servers and where I would have fit into it. "The guy who always ordered one beer and one San Pellegrino but always asked us to get a big bottle from the other bar".

Jimmy Smith - Christmas 64 (Verve). I have the stereo reissue. Not my favorite Christmas LP nor favorite Jimmy Smith date by any means. I'm glad I found this inexpensive LP because I wouldn't buy this on CD. Van Gelder's "large group reverb" pretty much ruins the sound on this. I have the sticker on mine too: Hey - I even have the same punch hole in the same spot!